Whiplash
(Damien Chazelle, 2014)
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music
conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who
will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
It is
important to immediately inform you the reader that before we get int read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 22, 2015
If ever there was the Devil’s incarnate, it isn’t Terrence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), he’s probably meaner and harder to nail down. In the world of musicians there is no school more prestigious than Shaffer Conservatory in New York and that’s where young drumming prodigy Andrew read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 22, 2015
If ever there was the Devil’s incarnate, it isn’t Terrence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), he’s probably meaner and harder to nail down. In the world of musicians, there is no school more prestigious than Shaffer Conservatory in New York and that’s where young drumming prodigy Andre read more
Whiplash made me relive the recurring nightmares I’ve been having since I was a freshman in my high school marching band. Nightmares where I show up to a competition without my instrument, or the music has been changed to something I’ve never heard of at the last moment. And always, there are read more
One of my favorite childhood memories is the sound of my Babcia’s choir. They sang in Ukrainian, a language I (sadly) never learned, but despite that, just the sound of the collective – the harmony, the power – filled the enormous church and made me feel good. On occasion, I wou read more
It;s been a big week for trailers as the studios begin to hit high gear pimping their fall/winter releases. Rather than individual posts for each of these, I thought I’d just do a quick round-up with short comments on some of the ones that have hot my desk recently: First up, Liam Neeson retur read more
It;s been a big week for trailers as the studios begin to hit high gear pimping their fall/winter releases. Rather than individual posts for each of these, I thought I’d just do a quick round-up with short comments on some of the ones that have hit my desk recently: First up, Liam Neeson retur read more
